A short treatise on the application of steam
Subtitle: whereby is clearly shewn, from actual experiments that steam may be applied to propel boats or vessels of any burthen against rapid currents with great velocity. Great velocity. The same principles are also introduced with effect, by a machine of a simple and c[heap] construction, for the purpose of raising water sufficient for the working of grist-mills, saw-mills, &c. and for watering meadows and other purposes of agriculture
By: by James Rumsey
Series: The Magazine of history with notes and queries. Extra number -- no. 100; Magazine of history with notes and queries -- no. 100.
Publisher: William Abbott
Published: 1924
Place of publication: Tarrytown, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Subjects: Steam-navigation; History
Notes: Reprint of 1788 ed. printed by Joseph James, Philadelphia.